Next Steps - Introduction

Lesson 6.1 - Project Optimization

Lesson 6.2 - Research and Troubleshooting

Lesson 6.3 - Sharing your Projects

ECS Survival Guide

Career research and preparation

Introduction to portfolios

Debug the App

Counting Prototype

Quiz: Create with Code 2

Prepare to continue developing your Unity and C# skills independently, including learning how to complete your personal project.

In this Mission, you'll prepare to continue developing your Unity and C# skills independently, including learning how to complete your personal project and how to prepare for the Unity Certified User: Programming exam, which you can take through your school program, if available.

Publishing Your Project

Unity Junior Programmer

Kickstart your programming career with Unity's Junior Programmer Pathway. Learn coding fundamentals, C#, and game development to create your first interactive projects. Start learning for free!

Junior Programmer Pathway - Learn Coding & Game Development | Unity Learn

We recommend that you have basic knowledge of Unity or complete 

Ready to code? This guided learning Pathway will take you from zero to job-ready!

Welcome to Junior Programmer! Designed for anyone interested in learning to code or obtaining an entry-level Unity role, this pathway assumes a basic knowledge of Unity and has no math prerequisites. Junior Programmer prepares you to get Unity Certified so that you can demonstrate your job-readiness to employers.

2022.3

2021.3

Junior Programmer

Course Introduction

Install Unity Software

Unit 1 - Introduction

Lesson 1.1 - Start your 3D Engines 

Lesson 1.2 - Pedal to the Metal

Lesson 1.3 - High Speed Chase

Lesson 1.4 - Step into the Driver's Seat

Challenge 1 - Plane Programming

Lab 1 - Project Design Document

Introduction to project management and teamwork

Quiz 1

Learn how to create new C# scripts, call basic functions, and use variables to modify the results of those functions.

In this first mission in the Junior Programmer pathway, you will program a car moving side-to-side on a floating road, trying to avoid (or hit) obstacles in the way. In addition to becoming familiar with the Unity editor and workflow, you will learn how to create new C# scripts and do some simple programming. By the end of the Unit, you will be able to call basic functions, then declare and tweak new variables to modify the results of those functions.

Player Control

Unit 2 - Introduction

Lesson 2.1 - Player Positioning

Lesson 2.2 - Food Flight

Lesson 2.3 - Random Animal Stampede

Lesson 2.4 - Collision Decisions

Challenge 2 - Play Fetch

Lab 2 - New Project with Primitives

Quiz 2

Mod the Cube

Quiz: Create with Code 1

Gain familiarity with some of the most important programming and Unity concepts, including if-then statements, random value generation, arrays, collision detection, prefabs, and instantiation.

In this Mission, you will program a top-down game with the objective of throwing food to hungry animals - who are stampeding towards you - before they can run past you. In order to do this, you will become much more familiar with some of the most important programming and Unity concepts, including if-then statements, random value generation, arrays, collision detection, prefabs, and instantiation. In completing this Unit, you will learn how to program a basic game with the ability to launch projectiles and maneuver the player to keep the game alive.

Basic Gameplay

Unit 3 - Introduction

Lesson 3.1 - Jump Force

Lesson 3.2 - Make the World Whiz By

Lesson 3.3 - Don't Just Stand There

Lesson 3.4 - Particles and Sound Effects

Challenge 3 - Balloons, Bombs, & Booleans

Lab 3 - Player Control

Quiz 3

Learn how to add music, sound effects, and visual particle effects to transform the experience of your project.

In this Mission, you will program a fast-paced endless side-scrolling runner game where the player needs to time jumps over oncoming obstacles to avoid crashing. In creating this prototype, you will learn how to add music and sound effects, completely transforming the experience of your projects. You will also learn how to create dynamic endless repeating backgrounds, which are critical for any side-scrolling games. Finally, you will learn to incorporate particle effects like splatters and explosions, which make your games so much more satisfying to play.

Sound and Effects

Unit 4 - Introduction

Lesson 4.1 - Watch Where You’re Going

Lesson 4.2 - Follow the Player

Lesson 4.3 - PowerUp and CountDown

Lesson 4.4 - For-Loops For Waves

Challenge 4 - Soccer Scripting

Lab 4 - Basic Gameplay

Quiz 4

Learn how to implement new gameplay mechanics including powerups and increasing difficulty.

In this Mission, you will program an arcade-style Sumo battle with the objective of knocking increasingly difficult waves of enemies off of a floating island, using power ups to help defeat them. In creating this prototype, you will learn how to implement new gameplay mechanics into your projects, which are new rules or systems that make the game more interesting to play. On one hand, you will learn to program a powerup, which give the player a temporary advantage. On the other hand, you will learn to program increasingly difficult enemy waves, which make survival more challenging for the player. A good balance of powerups and increasing difficulty make for a much more interesting gameplay experience.

Gameplay Mechanics

Unit 5 - Introduction

Lesson 5.1 - Clicky Mouse

Lesson 5.2 - Keeping Score

Lesson 5.3 - Game Over

Lesson 5.4 - What’s the Difficulty?

Challenge 5 - Whack-a-Food

Lab 5 - Swap out your Assets

Quiz 5

Introduction to user feedback and testing

Learn how to implement a User Interface - or UI - into your projects, such as a title screen and score display.

In this Mission, you will program a game to test the player’s reflexes, where the goal is to click and destroy objects randomly tossed in the air before they can fall off the screen. In creating this prototype, you will learn how to implement a User Interface - or UI - into your projects. You will add a title screen with a difficulty select menu that will control how challenging the gameplay is, you will add a score display that will track how many points the player has earned, and you will add a Game Over screen, which will allow the player to restart and try again. In learning these skills, you will be able to create a fully “playable” experience that the user can enjoy from start to finish without having to restart the application to try it again.

User Interface

Introduction to real-time 3D experience design

Set up version control

Explore the sample project

Principles of object-oriented programming

Create a scene flow

Implement data persistence between scenes

Implement data persistence between sessions

Quiz: Manage scene flow and data

Submission: Data persistence in a new repo

Learn about data persistence and an introduction to the core pillars of object-oriented programming.

In this mission, you’ll learn about data persistence, or how to manage the loading and unloading of data between both scenes and sessions. Along the way, you will be introduced to the core pillars of object-oriented programming, which will help you structure your code throughout the mission. There will only be one practical example throughout the mission, which will build on the new functionality you create with each tutorial. At the end of this mission, you’ll take everything you learned and apply it to a new project by building a persistent score system for a small game.

Manage Scene Flow and Data

Abstraction in object-oriented programming

Inheritance and polymorphism in object-oriented programming

Encapsulation in object-oriented programming

Profile code to identify issues

Job preparation: Junior Programmer

Quiz: Apply object-oriented principles

Submission: Programming theory in action

Deep-dive into the pillars of object-oriented programming and their application, then learn how to profile and optimize code.

In this mission, you’ll refactor the inventory project you completed in the previous mission using the pillars of object-oriented programming as a guide. You’ll deep dive into the inner workings of each pillar individually, so you can better understand its value in developing applications. Next, you’ll learn how to profile your code to identify any optimization bottlenecks that would slow down the final build of your application. To close out this mission, you’ll develop a small application for your portfolio that uses fully optimized code built on OOP principles. 

When you complete this mission you will complete the Junior Programmer pathway - CONGRATULATIONS!

Apply Object-Oriented Principles

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ErrorProject.zip

Overview

Download the provided assets and import them into a new Unity project

Review the project

Debug the app

Create a WebGL build of the debugged app

Criteria

Next steps

Submission

Maaniii

ElaineCS

ICARUS_jc

jhassanlay

marcoottaviano_unity

ruidiu

shubhamteke

anujjain0805

Control the execution of code with common logic structures 

Level 1 Application Scripting

Joy Horvath

Instructional Designer

Identify and resolve common programming errors, such as null reference exceptions, logical errors, and misuse of API calls.

Level 1 Debugging

In this exercise, you will be challenged to debug a provided project so that it can run as intended.

Implement simple logic in code by using if and if-else statements

Control the execution of code by using logical operators such as AND and OR in conditional statements

Control how many times certain lines of code run by using for loops, foreach loops, and while loops

Control the order and timing of executed code by using coroutines

Control the execution of code by using switch statements

Modify the values of numeric variables by using mathematical operators

Control the execution of code with common logic structures

Select the appropriate common Unity methods to use, e.g., Awake, Start, Update, FixedUpdate, Collision, and Trigger Events, given a desired feature to code

Achieve a desired result by using Unity API methods, given Unity’s script documentation

Achieve a desired result with different parameters by using various method overloads

Distinguish a correct use of any given Unity API method from an incorrect use

Control or trigger the state of components, such as an Animator Controller, Light, AudioSource, or User Interface element by using appropriate methods

Construct an input listener, given a scenario where a specific type of input is required

Print a message consisting of concatenated strings and variable values to the console by using Unity's Debug.Log method

Compose scripts that utilize various APIs

Initialize variables of a given data type, including ints, floats, doubles, bools, strings, arrays, lists, and dictionaries

Select the correct data type for a variable in a given situation

Select appropriate variable modifiers including public, private, static, protected, and const

Implement appropriate data types

Deduce the purpose and expected result of a given block of code

Accomplish a specific task by constructing a viable method declaration, given a list of keywords and syntax elements

Structure methods by using void and return

Demonstrate ability to implement a given feature in code by recommending data types and logic flow for a new method

Write code that integrates into an existing system

Given a particular feature description (e.g. an object spawner, a difficulty select menu, a loading screen, etc.), recommend an appropriate high-level system for its implementation (e.g. what data types would be required, what would be the logic flow, etc.)

Evaluate the efficacy of a finished prototype based on its design criteria

Prototype new concepts

Reduce redundancy and improve code's readability by correctly naming variables and methods

Describe common naming conventions including PascalCase and camelCase

Cultivate a code style that is efficient and easy to read

Identify bugs caused by failure to use the correct object lifecycle method, such as Awake, Start, or OnEnable

Diagnose and fix code that compiles, but fails to perform as expected

Locate a bug in code that produces a compilation error

Recommend the fix for a compilation error

Recognize when a new namespace needs to be imported

Diagnose and fix common compilation errors

Identify errors related to the incorrect calling of a Unity API method, including incorrect use of returns or parameters

Identify code related to the incorrect implementation of a particular method by using a reference from Unity's Scripting API

Identify errors related to the incorrect calling of a Unity API method, including incorrect use of returns or parameters Identify code related to the incorrect implementation of a particular method by using a reference from Unity's Scripting API

Diagnose and fix compilation errors related to Unity’s Scripting API

Identify errors caused by a null variable

Identify an issue in which code refers to a GameObject that has been destroyed

Identify an out of range exception

Diagnose and fix the cause of an exception

As a programmer, you’re going to spend a lot of time debugging code. By debugging your scripts on a regular basis, you’ll improve your code comprehension and be able to anticipate problems during the development process. In this challenge, you’ll be tasked with debugging an existing project and making it run as intended. 

To begin this challenge, you must first download the challenge assets and import them into a new Unity project:

2.  To unzip the contents of the folder, right-click the folder and select Extract All (macOS: double-click the zipped folder). Inside you will find ErrorProject.unitypackage.

Note: While it is possible to view the contents of a folder while it’s still zipped, the data is still compressed. Attempting to import the contents of the Error Project folder while it’s still zipped will result in an error message in Unity. Ensure that you have unzipped the folder before proceeding to the next step.

3.  Create a new Unity project using the 3D template —  remember to use one of the supported versions of Unity, such as 2022.3 LTS or 6000.0 LTS.

4. Import ErrorProject.unitypackage into your new 3D template project. 

Before you begin debugging the project, take a few minutes to learn all you can about it. As soon as you import the .unitypackage, you’ll see two error messages appear in the Console window. These errors will prevent you from testing the scene, so try to determine what the project does based on the contents of the Hierarchy in the included scene and the script attached to the TextDisplay object. 

Once you feel confident that you understand what the app is trying to do, make changes to the scene and script as needed so that the code compiles and you’re able to test the scene. What you see in the Game view should make it clear whether or not your application is fully fixed. 

Once your app is fully functioning, you will create a WebGL build of your project, upload it to Unity Play, and then complete this challenge by linking your submission below. To do so:

2.  Ensure that your version of Unity has the WebGL module installed. 

3.  Install the WebGL Publisher package. This package will allow you to easily publish your project on Unity Play. If you aren’t sure if you have the package or don’t know how to add it, refer to this tutorial.

4.  Select File > Build Profiles from the main menu. Under the Platforms section, select Web, then select the Switch Platform button and wait until the process finishes.

5.  Create a WebGL build of your project. This may take a few minutes, depending on your computer. If you need help creating the build, refer to step 3 of Getting started with Unity Web.

6.  Publish your WebGL build on Unity Play. 

7.  Copy your Unity Play link, and paste it below! 

You’ll know you’re successful if you’ve met these criteria:


There are no errors or warnings present in the Editor console.

You are able to press Play in the Editor and see the active scene.

You have created a WebGL build of your project.

You have uploaded the WebGL build to Unity Play.

You’ve copied your Unity Play link for submission.

Congratulations on completing the second mission in the Junior Programmer learning pathway. After completing the final quiz, you will have acquired all of the skills needed to take the Unity Certified User: Programmer certification exam. You can find out more about the exam by visiting the certification page. 

Debug the App

1. Overview

2. Download the provided assets and import them into a new Unity project

3. Review the project

4. Debug the app

5. Create a WebGL build of the debugged app

6. Criteria

7. Next steps

8. Submission

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